This year’s first Wireless Wednesday meetup on mobiles for agriculture was on “Using Technology to enhance productivity in agricultural value chains“. A recap summary of the discussion points can be found here. The scheduled second meetup aims to continue targeting agricultural value chains with an increased focus on the horticultural sector. It [...]
This paper offers an insight into Uzbekistan’s innovation system by adopting an inductive approach and studying the system along the example of altogether five different agricultural innovations (five case studies) entered into the national system of innovation screening for potential outscaling. The data suggest that there are missing linkages and a weak in
The horse that you see is not the horse that you think it is … it is nothing but an engine with pulling power that is powered by biofuel, says Willy De Greef, international expert consultant on agricultural biotechnology and secretary general of the European Biotech Industry Association (EuropaBio).
Authored by: Joerg Doerflinger
Growing demand of agricultural produce offers huge potential to foster socioeconomic development at the bottom of the pyramid. Agriculture is the main source of income for three quarters of the world’s poorest people, especially in the rural areas of developing countries.
Authored by: Andrew Eder
Editor’s Note: The following post originally appeared on the TechoServe Blog.
Brighton Makuvaza is the administrator of TechnoServe’s Agro Innovation Zimbabwe business plan competition in Harare, Zimbabwe. In that role, Brighton has helped coordinate every aspect of the program. The experience has shown him the promise of the [...]
Latest
- Researchers look to relatives for clues in quest to develop sources of bioenergy
- Kopo Kopo grows out of incubation at m:lab East Africa
- The First African Internet Standards Forum
- Startup Business Models within the African Context
- Egyptian wins US$100,000 African Innovation Prize
- The Biggest Obstacle to Innovation? You.
- How to Create an Innovation Mission Statement
- How to protect the inventions of the poor
- The Next Digital Revolution in Education? Grading.
- Out Innovate Bigger Competitors
Categories
Archives
Mendeley Related Research
8
Readers2
Readers3
Readers1
ReadersPopular Posts this week
- African scientist, designer partner to fashion anti-malaria garment that wards off bugs 33 view(s)
- UCLA researchers combat global disease with a cell phone, Google Maps and a lot of ingenuity 14 view(s)
- Knowledge retention: minimizing organizational business loss 14 view(s)
- Mobile at the Base of the Pyramid 13 view(s)
- The Biggest Obstacle to Innovation? You. 12 view(s)
- Innovation in the Informal Sector in Africa
- The importance of Biotechnology and Nanotechnology for Africa
- Frugal engineering
- New bamboo charcoal tech to jumpstart African bioenergy sector, slow deforestation and climate change
- Disruptive Innovation
- Innovative Ideas to Watch in 2012
- Knowledge exchange using Web 2.0 technologies in NGOs
- Use Jugaad to Innovate Faster, Cheaper, Better
- InnovationAfrica: The year in review
- Inveneo Solar Power Deployment Guide to Building Truly Practical PV Systems for ICT Projects
- THE DIASPORA AS A SOURCE OF INNOVATION
- What Tomorrow's Leaders Are Learning in Africa Right Now
- Studies detail triumphs, troubles of African innovators creating products for local health needs
- UNECA-Leadership Through Innovation-Part I
- UNECA-Leadership Through Innovation-Part II
Search by Tags
africa African african countries agricultural agricultural research Agriculture Business Business model Climate Change Company crop Development East Africa Economic Economic development economy electricity Energy Entrepreneur entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship farmer food security ghana global ict icts innovate Innovation kenya knowledge Knowledge Management Leadership mobile Mobile phone model nairobi nigeria Research Solar south africa sub-saharan africa tanzania Technology ugandaCheap Air tickets Worldwide
Top categories
- Innovation (400)
- Science (156)
- Agriculture (110)
- ICT (85)
- News (62)
- Open Innovation (55)
- International (53)
- Knowledge Management (45)
- Technology (43)
- mLab (37)
- Health (31)
- Energy (30)
- BioTech (29)
- Business Model (28)
- Entrepreneurship (28)
Categories
- Diverse(24)
- Agriculture(110)
- Biofuel(6)
- BioTech(29)
- Business Model(28)
- Development(25)
- Energy(30)
- Entrepreneurship(28)
- General(3)
- Health(31)
- ICT(85)
- Innovation(400)
- International(53)
- Knowledge Management(45)
- Nanotech(17)
- News(62)
- Open Innovation(55)
- Science(156)
- Special(15)
- Technology(43)
- Climate Change(1)
- Education(2)
- Leadership(9)
- Economics(7)
- Finance(3)
- Next Billion(23)
- Telecom(11)
- Strategy(1)
- InfoDev(16)
- mLab(37)
- Afrinnovator(15)
- Prizes(2)
- Crowdsourcing(1)
- Public Sector(7)
- Services(1)
- The Economist(15)
- South-South(12)
- Engineering(3)
- GreenTech(5)
- Featured(5)
- Profile(2)
- World Bank PSD(10)
Archives


